The latest Russian aggression has led to a jump in wheat prices. Wheat futures on the Chicago Stock Exchange rose by 5% after the Russian Federation attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles on October 10. The situation raised concerns that the war’s escalation poses... #UkraineGrainExport #Ukrainianwheatprice #wheatfutures
More than 120 ships are waiting in Ukrainian ports. At the end of last week, the number of vessels waiting to enter and leave Ukrainian ports reached a record high of 120. Since mid-September, the time ships must spend waiting for inspection at the mon... #GrainCorridors #seaportsexsport #Ukrainiangrain
The world’s food prices continue to drop. Global food prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in September after hitting a record high in March 2022. A sharp drop in oil prices more than offset the rise in grain prices, according to the F... #FAO #GlobalFoodPrices
The government has simplified the export of food from Ukraine’s seaports. The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution that will facilitate grain fumigation. The Ministry of Agriculture explained the measure as a means to solve the problem of payment for services related ... #ExportGrainUkraine #GrainCorridors #UkrainianExports
Russia sold stolen Ukrainian grain worth more than $500M. According to data from a joint investigation by the AP and PBS, it has been established that the theft of Ukrainian grain from the Russian-occupied territories involved more than 30 vessels that made ... #GrainStolenByRUssia #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine exceeded pre-war export figures to the EU. According to August’s results, Ukrainian exports to EU countries almost reached pre-war levels. And according to the results of the first three quarters, they will even exceed the corresponding pre-wa... #TarasKachka #UkraineExport #UkraineExporttoEU
Ukraine needs $15B to restore irrigation. In Ukraine, almost five million hectares of agricultural land need restoration of land reclamation systems, which will require approximately $15B in investments. According to an adviser to the Ministe... #AgricultureUkraine #ReclamationSystems
An office of the UN Food Organization will open in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the creation of an FAO Project Office, which will work toward the provision of technical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy reported. Thi... #agroUkraine #FAOOfficeInUkraine #UNFoodOrganization
The war has accelerated Ukraine’s transition from a commodity-based to a food-based economy. According to Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotsky, agricultural producers and farmers have realized that it is very risky to concentrate on one or two grain and oil crops. He pointed... #AgricultureUkraine #FoodBasedEconomy #TarasVysotskyi
Due to war and drought, world grain reserves will be reduced to a 10-year low. Despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine, there may still be a global grain shortage. This possibility results from smaller shipments from Ukraine and decreased harvests from other large produce... #GlobalFoodSecurity #GrainReserves #UkraineGrainExport
Analysts reported a two-fold increase in exports through the Black Sea ports. During the seventh week of operation of the grain corridor, from September 12 to 18, around 1.1 million tons of agricultural products were exported through sea ports in the Odesa region. This is two t... #BlackSeaPorts #exportukrainiangrain #GrainCorridors
The war in Ukraine triggered an 18% jump in bread prices in the EU. The price of bread in the European Union in August increased by 18% compared to the same figure last year. This dynamic is dictated by the Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine, which is the leading ... #breadprices #pricesInEU #productprices
Due to the occupation, Ukraine has lost 10 million tons of new harvest. In 2022, Ukraine lost up to 10 million tons of potential harvest due to the occupation of its agricultural territories. According to a Ministry of Agriculture assessment, about 10 million tons could b... #GrainHarvest #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine has announced a new plan for the uninterrupted export of Ukrainian grain through the EU. During an informal meeting in the Czech Republic, the Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, stated that it is necessary to build terminal complexes on Ukraine’s border with EU cou... #MykolaSolsky #Ukrainiangrain #Ukrainiangrainexport
International experts will help Ukraine to record evidence of Ukrainian agricultural product looting. Ukraine’s Ministry of Agricultural Policy and the International Technical Assistance Project Expedite Justice (PEJ) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The purpose of the project is to collect a... #agroUkraine #GrainstolenfromUkraine #MykolaSolsky
Ukrainian farmers might switch from grain to oil crops. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine predicts that this fall, Ukrainian agricultural producers will reduce the area for grain crops by approximately 25-35%. According to Deputy Minister Taras ... #TarasVysotskyi #Ukrainianfarmers
The early grain harvest volume in Ukraine fell by 40% due to the war. In Ukraine, harvesting of early cereals and rapeseed is now almost finished. The harvest is currently 40% smaller than last year’s. The primary reason is smaller harvesting areas. The yield has also d... #GrainHarvest #GrainUkraine
The EU has launched support programs for small agricultural producers in Ukraine. The State Agrarian Register continues to accept applications within the framework of the new UAH 1.5B (€50M) assistance program for small agrarian producers, financed with EU support, the Ministry of ... #agroUkraine #GrantsForFarmers #Ukrainianfarmers
The volume of Ukraine’s grain exports has fallen byhalf due to the war. In August, 4.5 million tons of grains, legumes, oilseeds, and their processed products were exported from Ukraine, 1150% more than in July. The six-month volume of shipped agricultural products is 12.... #GrainExports #Ukrainiangrain
In August, exports of Ukrainian goods increased by 14%. In August 2022, Ukrainian exports increased by 13.9%, to $3.36B. This is the largest amount since the beginning of the war, but it is 44% less than in January ($6B), the Ministry of Economy said. Expo... #MinistryofEconomy #UkrainianExport
Ukraine’s purchases of alternative grain storage have exhausted the world reserves. As Minister of Agricultural Policy Mykola Solsky said, Ukraine will need disposable and mobile grain storage facilities with a total capacity of up to 20 million tons to store crops from the current s... #AgroBusinessUkraine #GrainStorage #MykolaSolsky
A pipeline for vegetable oils will appear between Ukraine and Poland. Poland and Ukraine will work on a cross-border pipeline project to deliver Ukrainian vegetable oils to the port of Gdańsk. As reported by the office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland has ag... #UkrainePoland #vegetableoilexport #vegetableoils
The Luhansk region’s entire grain harvest was taken to Russia. Agroton, the largest agricultural holding in the Luhansk region, had collected over 200,000 tons of grain. However, the occupiers shipped the entire harvest to Russia, said the head of the Luhansk OVA... #GrainHarvest #SerhiyGaidai
Ukrainian Railways transported more than 1 million tons of grain for export in August. According to the results for the first 23 days of August, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 1,016,000 tons of grain through the export connection, which already exceeds the previous month’s figure of 9... #exportgrain #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian milk producers will receive UAH 100M from Switzerland. Switzerland has allocated 2.5M Swiss francs (UAH 100M) to support milk production farms in those regions affected by hostilities. These regions include Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Sumy, the Ministry of Agrar... #milkproducers #SwitzerlandAndUkraine
Ukraine will fight for the right to hold Expo 2030 in Odesa. In Ukraine, the Coordination Committee for the state’s preparation and participation in the selection of the host country for the World Expo, Expo-2030, was created, the Ministry of Economy reported. ... #Expo2030 #YuliyaSvyridenko
The US will purchase 150,000 tons of Ukrainian grain to fight hunger. The USA plans to buy 150,000 tons of Ukrainian grain for distribution in poor countries through the UN World Food Program (WFP), announced the head of the organization, David Beasley. According to the... #DavidBeasley #foodcrisis #WFP
Ukrainian farmers have lowered the grain harvest forecast. In contrast to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy’s 68-million-ton grain harvest estimate, farmers have forecast a lower figure of 60 million tons, the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council has reported. The he... #AndriiDykun #GrainHarvest #Ukrainianfarmers
The war has halted agricultural investment in Ukraine. Yields during the war were no worse than the average from recent years, but investment in the industry has stopped, reported Forbes Ukraine. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Mykola Solsky, th... #agricultural #MykolaSolsky
Before the grain corridor opened, Ukraine exported 2.7 million tons of grain. According to Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business director Roman Slastyon, the downside of this number is the very expensive logistics of land transportation due to the seaport’s blockage. As a result ... #exportgrain #GrainCorridors #RomanSlastyon
Russia continues to steal millions of tons of grain. The occupiers are taking millions of tons of new grain from farmers in the temporarily occupied territories, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. Minister Mykola Solskyi said farmers harvested 20... #MykolaSolsky #StolenGrain #Ukrainiangrain
Another six vessels receive permission to export Ukrainian grain. Another six cargo ships received permission to pass through the maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea, reported VOA. Permits were granted by the Joint Coordination Center (JCC). Two of these... #ExportGrainUkraine #GrainCorridors
Ukraine launched the State Agrarian Register. On August 12, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy launched the State Agrarian Register online platform, where all Ukrainian farmers will be able to register. DAR (dar.gov.ua) is the only digital hub for U... #StateAgrarianRegister #Ukrainianfarmers
The fifth grain caravan left Ukrainian ports. On August 12, the fifth caravan with agricultural products left the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenny, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The ship SORMOVSKIY 12 departed the port of Ch... #exportukrainiangrain #graincaravanleftUkrainianports
Spain has launched a railway route for Ukrainian corn export. The Spanish railway operator Renfe Mercancías sent an experimental freight train to Ukraine to transport 600 tons of corn, bypassing Ukrainian seaports, reports El País. With the first train, the Span... #agroexportukraine #UkraineSpain #UkrainianCorn #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Grain stolen from Ukraine is being transported by 87 ships. According to the Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon, Ihor Ostash, “Currently, there is a criminal system that facilitates the transportation of stolen grain from Ukraine. Transit can take place th... #GrainstolenfromUkraine #transportationofstolengrain
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy predicts $20B in grain export revenue. Extrapolating average statistical prices in the world food market, Ukraine expects to receive at least $20B from grain exports this year. According to Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vyso... #graincorridorukraine #grainexportrevenue #seaportsexsport
The Yuzhny Ukrainian port has resumed operation. On the morning of August 8 the bulk carrier SACURA, loaded with Ukrainian products, was the first ship to leave the Yuznhy port and then headed on its way to Italy. The vessel joined a caravan with th... #agroexportukraine #UkrainianExport #Yuzhnyport
The UN announces a drop in global food prices. World food prices fell in July after record growth. This is evidenced by the World Food Index published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It is noted that the news ... #WorldFoodIndex #WorldFoodPrices
USAID will help Ukrainian farmers to purchase grain storage equipment. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will issue up to 15 sub-grants for a total amount of about UAH 300M to Ukrainian farmers. It is assumed that the sub-grants will be used ... #USAIDforUkrainianfarmers #USAIDsub_grants
Canada and the UN will spend $40M on grain storage equipment for Ukraine. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of Canada, has launched a $40M project to solve the problem of grain storage shortages in Ukraine. This i... #AidForFarmers #FAO #GrainStorageEquipment
Export volume through the grain corridors will be limited. Ukraine plans to partially limit the export of agricultural products by the sea in the first weeks of grain corridor operation, announced the Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov. “I t... #ExportGrainUkraine #GrainCorridors #OleksandrKubrakov
The first ship with Ukrainian corn has left Odesa. On August 1, The RAZONI cargo vessel under the flag of Sierra Leone headed to the port of Tripoli in Lebanon with 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn, announced Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov... #OleksandrKubrakov #RAZONIship #Ukrainiancornexport
The organization of grain delivery from Ukraine has not yet been developed. Before empty ships can enter and pick up cargo from Ukraine, key agreements still need to be worked out, reported Reuters. Neil Roberts, a representative of the London marine insurance market, also ... #graindeliveryfromUkraine #NeilRoberts #safepassageagreement #Ukrainiangrainexport
Agricultural product export increased by 12% in July. In July 2022, Ukraine exported 3 million tons of agricultural products through alternative routes. This is 12% more than the previous month, the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business reported. The expor... #AgroBusinessUkraine #agroexportukraine #UkrainianExport
Ships with Ukrainian grain are ready to depart from ports. 17 ships have already been loaded in the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk, of which 10 are ready for departure, reported the Ukraine Ministry of Infrastructure. It is noted that Ukraine’s seaports resum... #BlackSeaPorts #graindealukraine #Ukrainiangrainexport
The UN has announced a tender to purchase grain storage equipment in Ukraine. On July 30, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced an international tender for the purchase of grain storage facilities, the press service of the Ministry of Agri... #AidForFarmers #FAO #GrainStorageEquipment
The cost of insurance for ships with Ukrainian grain will increase hundreds of times. Lloyd’s of London and other brokers are preparing to insure grain shipments from Ukraine, said the head of the commercial insurance market, Bruce Carnegie-Brown. He said that brokers and underwr... #Lloyd'sOfLondon #UkrainianShipInsurance
Ukraine will resume sunflower oil exports to India. Bloomberg reports that India will receive the first shipment of sunflower oil from Ukraine in September after a five-month break. According to the director of the Indian Sunvin Group, from 50 to 60,00... #IndianSunvinGroup #SunflowerOilExports #SunflowerOilToIndia
Danube ports will ship 1.3 million tons of agricultural products in July. The export of farm products through the Danube ports in July will amount to 1.3 million tons, said the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov. “The volumes of shipments throug... #DanubePorts #FarmProductsExport #OleksandrKubrakov
